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Hi. I’m the (formerly) anon commenter on Chi Town Girl whose comment there sparked that really good discussion. Thought it made sense to move it here since you are already on my favorites list. I plan on having my CDA class read your piece on why not to teach the letter of the week.
I don’t disagree that kids can learn academic material in preschool. My concern is that in most places it is being done by rote, as a substitute for hands-on experiential learning, and as paper and pencil work. I’m most concerned about the really low income kids who are missing out on all those experiences that builds vocabulary and teaches them about the world. This leaves you with kids like the one I tutored last year who was reading 3rd. grade materials in first grade, but didn’t know the names of some common animals and didn’t understand much of the vocabulary.
I’d love to continue this conversation. Maybe by email? I’m always looking for ways to convince my adult students that there are really good ways to introduce literacy that don’t include gluing acorns on the letter A unless, of course, you’ve let them gather , plant, and sort the acorns.

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I'm Vanessa Levin, an early childhood teacher, consultant, public speaker and author. I was born to teach! I have spent more than two decades teaching young children in
public programs for at-risk, English language learners. I believe learning should be fun! Here at Pre-K Pages you can find hands-on lessons, themes, activities, and printables for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten classrooms....Read More